Mitsumasa Koyanagi

Shark genomes provide insights into elasmobranch evolution and the origin of vertebrates

Yuichiro Hara, Kazuaki Yamaguchi, Koh Onimaru et al. · Nature Ecology & Evolution · 2018 · 246 citations · Full text

Large Genomes, Genetics, Elasmobranch Evolution +19

Cephalochordate Melanopsin: Evolutionary Linkage between Invertebrate Visual Cells and Vertebrate Photosensitive Retinal Ganglion Cells

Mitsumasa Koyanagi, Kaoru Kubokawa, Hisao Tsukamoto et al. · Current Biology · 2005 · 241 citations · Full text

Biology, Evolutionary Linkage, Invertebrate Visual Cells +11

Homologs of vertebrate Opn3 potentially serve as a light sensor in nonphotoreceptive tissue

Mitsumasa Koyanagi, Eiichiro Takada, Takashi Nagata et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2013 · 194 citations · Full text

Cryptochrome, Optogenetics, Sensory Systems +18

Jellyfish vision starts with cAMP signaling mediated by opsin-G _s cascade

Mitsumasa Koyanagi, Kosuke Takano, Hisao Tsukamoto et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2008 · 187 citations · Full text

Depth Perception from Image Defocus in a Jumping Spider

Takashi Nagata, Mitsumasa Koyanagi, Hisao Tsukamoto et al. · Science · 2012 · 175 citations · Full text

Machine Vision, Principal Eyes, Ophthalmology +13